The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, May 25, 1870, Image 2
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COLUMBIA, S. C.
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Wednesday, May 25, 1870.
EDITORS :
IlKjv. A. R. Rl'DH, Coi.vmbia, S. C.
Rev. .T, I. 8tlrx»ojr, Ya.
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Take Notice,
The President declines, on consti
tutional grounds, to change the time
set for the meeting of tire General
Synod, Let all concerned remember
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Arrangements
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Dr. I. von Dellingers Protest against
Papal Infallibility
When the cable first brought the
intelligence tlia't an article from this
gentleman, who is Professor at Mu
nich, and one of the most learned
and eminent Roman theologians in
Kim>iH', agninst this new dogma of
the Roman Catholic (Starch, it was
generally discredited.
The Augtiburger AUgemciue Ztilnny
Iras however been reeeived, with the
document in question; and having
read it, We do hot wonder at nil that
it has caused groat excitement and
uneasiness in the Vatican. It can
not fail to undermine papal author
ity, and must shake tlic confidence
of many in' the whole system of
pnpol absolutism.
We, idtltough there is nothing new
to educated Protestants in Dr. Diel-
lingex’s Protest, will nevertheless
present a few extracts from it to our
readers, as many may 'have lorgot-
ten, anti others may not have been
made acquainted with the delilierate
and COTitiilgly devised claims of
Rome, based on falsehoods and for
geries of historical documents.
The Protest, dated Munich, Jan
uary l&j is a reftitation of the address
presented liy the Council to the
Pope, entreating him to cnasc the
General Council, uow convened, to
make Pajml Infallibility an Art tele of
Faith. The tydtops, who signed
that address, demand that 180,000,-
000 of htuuan beings should be com
pelled to believe and confess what
the church has never before either
♦Might or held ns truth. Refusal is
to be punished witfi excoinmutiictn
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THK LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1870
tioti^ withholding of the sacraments,
niwl eternal condemnation.
p Protest declares r “The truth
hat no one has, from the fouudo-
tion of the church down to the pres
ent time, belie veil iu the Infallibility
m
of #he Pope. That is, no one has
believed it, a* he believes In God, In
Christ, In tlie Holy Trinity, etc.;
while many have only Mipixisgd it,
only thought it probable, or at most
humanly pertain, that flits prerogn
tivo lickings to the Tope. The
change in the creed and the teaching
of the elmrch, whieh three Wslm|i»
ilemand, would be an occurrence
nltogetlier singular in the ebnrch.
doors. Aa the one on our
tqieued, a bronze plate tell* us
grand oM classic tongue of
learned Latin, (bat the ashes of
Martin leather lay bat a few fret
Mow ns. Yea, mdeod, wa stand
noon hsly pros ml, and we pray
silently that Meavsn mev sanctify
this visit to utir good. On ottr left,
under the second oak door, a second
firoose slab tells ns that below It
-quietly rests the bones of the learned
Melanc
imwcrful civniljntor of Luther. J
they rest side by sine, and
thousands nnnnnily eome to
Nothing simitar Inis taken {dace for
eighteen : centuries. They deimiud a
ehnrchl.v revolution." • • • “The
Catholic lu»s hitherto said, I believe
such or such a doctrine, beat use of
tlie testimony of the entire church ;
but he wonkl henceforth lie com
pelled to tuy: I believe, because the
infallible Pope has commanded it to
be tanglrt, to be believed, I believe
that he is infrillible, breanse he
asserts it of himself.” Here It should
be.borne in mind what One infinitely
greater said, of himself 1K40 years
ago: “If I bear witness of myself,
my witness is not true.”
The Professor continues iu the
same strain, demolishing tlie sophisti
cal argumentation of the bishops:
for thirteen ceutnries tlie jiope* did
not dream of being infallible;' Jo
hnnn Ileasel, of IionYaln, invented
this dogma in 13(52. The claim, that
“according to the onivorsal and con
sistent tradition of the elmrch the
dogmatic decisions of tlie popes are
absolute,” is simply unfounded. The
assertion, tliat tlie Council of Lyons,
1274, adopted as an article of (hith :
“that controversiea about doctrines
must be decided by the pope,* is not
snstained by history. It is also
shown in the Protest that tlie Synod
of Florence, 1438, was not an. (Ecu-
metrical Connell, and that moreover
in the bishop’s address the decree
of tlie Synod of Florence- is tanqiered
with: «a entirtsentence, tchiekchanges
the sense of the quotation yiren, to the
eery opposite, is left oat. The I*rw-
J«S8<>r also proves clearly that tlie
Jesuits are at tlie bottom of (his
movement. It lias been agitated by
them for years, and they have
formed a religious association whose
menriiera are pledged to pray and to
exert themselves for the establish
meat of this new dogma.
We 1k>i>c that Dr. Dodliuget’s
efforts to ]>revent 1‘apiri Infallibility
from becoming an article of faith
may prove iu vain. We believe that
the adoption iff it must rend the
Church of Rome. Thiukiug men.
unprejudiced men, nay, every Ime
Miller must see that two infallible
beings can not co-exist. The infalli
ble God nuil tlie infallible Pope art
contradictions. If the Popo is infill
lible, God must be fallible—and the
Paps is God alone. Ituni'HEXv.
K.
nctlion, the loving friend and
here
■P visit
the spot where lie two men who, aa
the humble instruments iff God, in
augurated a revolution such as no
hum of ancient or niislem tiuma has
ever beeu alilo to start into life.
Near the chancel ou either side
right is the greatest piece iff ancient sculp
' (ore the world pu—irees. and I hive
alao seen the Michael Augfifo uuvatir
I dees, his “Moses,” which we might
sail a modem work. *
The Council ia still ia session, nml
I bat e seen the jwoccwrtnn of Bisk
op* and cardinal*, nil clad in the
most gorgeous attire.
It fat really worth all the exjiense
and time of a full European tour to
vtfft Rome.
I left Home, and am Mow on the
shore* iff tin- Uny of Naples, looking
out u|mmi the most charming scenery
I hare ever beheld. Just aeroaa the
henntiftrt Bay, apparently only a
can. la ao aense, he charged upon
R miu# logically follow that If
want to hold on own hi this
try, we mast get ont iff the Methodist
rttfs, sml eaperiatly aa they are lie
ginulng to get out Utearerlves. One
iff your oorrfapourieiitM pnt It in K«*>
style, when be intimated that people
now a day* went to bear preaching,
ami not ao mack to worship God.
the Church Book and Rook of Wor
ship will correct that.
» Wttbfc
We learn from the Ohterrer that
Far 0*
College anl
Vysed’i Theelcgioal
Thffa
The ever-lraaj hand of time, which
unfolds the principles of itecay in all
j material things, marks with onerring
precision the expansion or eompre*
Ntoa of tlw human intellect, the
, achievement* of ' human tadnatry,
and the sterility of human apathy.
! Each succeeding age stand* as a
1 monument of jirnise or cenaure to
the Oraces 1 Brood, North, are get| *• f*
the ,mrfiwmance of tlie jumt. Thi* bad she sent forth laborers into the
stone’s throw, rises the tinge form of
stand broom mtirnl two 1 Hie volratra, “Mount Vesmlss,” np
in number, one to John the Hteoil
Fretleriok, both the strong aupiairt
sis of tin' Rcfonnatiou. They are
excellent works of art, nud are the
work <if tlie celebrated IVter VWher.
We then visited the oW l uivcraity
bnikling, w here Luther and his sweet
Katarina lived iu so much dmumtir
bliss. We saw many relies there—
bis old talde, lien ting ov en, and
stools. Over the door of the Inner
dutiuber vea saw the signature of
l’oter the Grant ia elmlk. mis nig
nature ia enclueotl in glare, os a
memento of Peter’s, visit to thi*
historic sj*»t. tve sImi saw the sisit
where Luther burnt the !’a|ml Ruli
the original oak tree was dentniveii
by the Freneb, bnt luiother still
marks the spot. Such was our visit
to Wlttenlierg.
1 wboac hentnl shies we |mo|mae in •
few days to clamber. The grim old
The Beneficiaries of • C. Synod.
The President write* from Wid-
hsrila. May 10: ‘•These young men
say ftynml has not treated them
rightly. One of them haa not paid
n cent of board this session, ami
can not, ami I know that his boat
needs every cent due for hia board.*
giant Is quiet at present, and (ffily a
thick white smoke indicate* (he
proximity of internal fire*. The
ascent is pronounced at present to be
aafe.
I spent one day in the Museum
here, whieh contains all the exravn
thins from the city of Pompeii,
buried under Jura criitiirire ago. I
rew bread, wheat, olives, the., that
had been excav ated. .
The old laitbis were iudeetl a grand
race of people, and all my ettriy
stmlies utioat them, which seemed
m fabulous, art* becoming fixetl real
Hire.
To-morrow we make au excursion
to Pompeii, and ho)ie to ilmvtMl
into that buried city and ace how ita
people lived nial died.
Ting out a Book of Forms, or Wor
ship, or Wbstf I don’t know; but
it muat have n name. Bat if they
call It Book of Worship, they trench
on youf copyright, and will get Gny
Fnwksed. They won’t call it Ptinreh
Book, “a rone by any other name,"
ftp. Tliey rnn*t call it Book of
Forms, for Dr. Sow occupies that to
In legal *ha|ie, and so when Dr.
Bchmackcr rolls this Ajiple of IMs
title, literary and eecleaiasttcMl sense.
Scune half a century ago, our
cliatvh in the Sontli labored-under
many disadvantages ami discourage
ment*. Among which, nutl by «0
means the least, was a deficiency of
ministers. Gaffing her eye over the
surrouuding fields, she la-held tliat
they wi-re- “white ami ready for the
harvest" I Kit there were few, retry
fi-w, tabon-a* to throat in the sickle.
coni among the Seething elements of To supply thi* deficiency, in Home
the General Synod, by whst name ( messnre, a few plans laymen—men
Stull I It lie kuowa I Now, to |sit an j advanced iu life, aod cneiunbensl
end to this tremble, why don’t Dr. | with the care of families—were Hi
I
Conrad, wlto avers that lie ia aal«kiectl to devote what fi*w leisure
g<a«l a Confiwaiotud tiuiu
in the General Council, advocate
the ado|Sioa of tlie Chureii Book, | a study of tlie Beriptures, and the
or your Book of Woiwhip? Or ia all reading of such w orks on Christian
“ menus
any | moment,i they could spare from tlteir
necessary avocations in life, to s ell
tot iU» l.silueui Visitor.
Philadelphia.
this rxiieuae to euablo tho learned | Theology aa their limited
Dr. Brown to give the chureh a “"aid allow, and thus preiian- them-
tninslatiou of the ( isifrarioti fit fiir! ■elves for tin- work of the gos|a-l
“m-hohtrs*and “tMihigian*t” Where ministry. Fci-lde as were their efforts,
will “the n-mlt-r* iff the Oforreer" be fo say tluvt tliey cffei tcd no good
then! [ would be doing injustice to their
ItEV. l»U. kkAt Til's KKW WORK. i “* a '- ,,M ' r imlefitti-
Sonday-Mhool Ooavsotioa
We altcmlcil tlw' Sunday sclmol
Guuveutiou at Churtcffou, S. C., and
lutve arrived at the etKH-ltuuim that
we m iff have a Lutheran Sunday-
school Aaaociatiou. Rev. , who
was prearnt, has promised to fantiah
an article for the Luthnau Visitor ;
be thinks ae we do. It.
KASTVJL
The Kcffival - of Buster w as ob-
wrvnl in thi* city with im-tx-aard
uiterrff, by the lattlimiu, Ktrtwxipal
amt Homan Cbnrrhea. (tor own
chart-be* were well attrmk-d, not
We are gratified to be aide to
aniionnce a work from the pen of
Urv. l>r. Krauth. It w ill treat of
the Conservative Reformation and
its Theology a* refireaeutcd in tho
Augsltarg Coufcwsion, atnl In thtii
Iffcratore aod lliffury of the
gchcal Prnteffaut (or Lutheran)
gable diligence in the diiu harge of
the duties of their rulling, ami' in
siirtnonntitig tlw many ebatarlea by
which they wcis- onimundtsL
Nqy ; the existence of the Luther
an Cbnrvli in the interior iff South
Kvau-! *' ar, dinn nud some iff tlu- mljoiuing
Stales n ill ffand as a moiiumcut of
the efficient energy of such men as
father* Rauch, IlaRiwatiger, Anil,
ftnsffiou Amwcrsd at
Taction
U* l L Cea
witliffatuling the raht ami atnnu, j <'*«reh. it wiM bo urban in form,
arjsr r^srr ssr i - ar “a •m* •-
the service*. Kt. Jolin’s (Dr. Hri**’) '>piog by Upfiinrutt ft Cm, and wUI
chure-h was magnificently arrayed *• l*re*nme, in a frw
with plant* ami finwrra. j wm-ka The numerous friemb of l»r.
The Resurrection of our laud fat *vra»»h will h*ik anxi.malv fur it*
commemorateil In a wusutn the most aiqtcarauce. LINDEN,
significant of all the year. On this ' -
day Nature herw-lf, in wotiderfol
Far lbs LatSm* VWur.
' analogy, eon firm* this dnetriue. And
who that now goes mtf under tlie
*kie«, and ia stirred by the new life
| everywhere opening atouml him, but
feel* a* he ask*:
Wittenberg
To tlie (’harleeton Courier we arc
imlehtcd for this article. Tim writer
is a man after our own heart. If
only tho Courier would give more
such extracts, or, still Mter, the
letters of Mr. , we gness, should
all be sent to Mu We know how to
use them.
Should parents, who are iucuiIkt* |
iff the chureii, allow their children
to attend a dance!
Answered hy Kcv. Mr. Ilawkina:
“They may in the city, but not in the
country.*
’ Ought lemon*, not Christians, to
act as. siqieriutctufents ami teacher*
in the Hiimlay .school t »
Rev. L. H. Shuck auawcretl: “Or-1
taiuly not. BoWcan those who bar* j j n lht , ^ yrnm> mhiir
not learncil the way to < hrist them- ,h u t is tovclv changns and dies, new i
selves, tench children to walk ia the lirilllI „ m , jnmi iiv evolve, Rselr from
ways of, and lead them to Christ.” tlK . uMu . n „f ,ieeay. Tlie lirew u nuts
' I v j which fiili with mclaurfaoiv sound on
Fur tW Isulwnw V Mwr. I . , , ,
_ . _ _ , the red leaves of Anti mn, are germs
Foreign Con-npon4rnre——ftcrar, „ m..,, ^ .lie,
pl«. VMarita, Etc. _ . .
Dsdiastioa la Ksursc Co.. Teas.
1 And Audi||m fimthave.mothi t Spiiiur,
Anil shall the liehlsaiMithrrimitaiMl wear,
> And slmll the * mo come forth nan wed
Ml Hfe
And rlntW is tl*hat hmnty, and not
man C
' fisrr Visitor : I have just refurneil
from the lht brut ion of a new rhnrrh
Imihling at fit. Ihtur*. Monroe conaty,
Tcau., and believing tliat a fi-w words
in referenac to the ebnrch and dedi-
thc toil csM-ntial to prnrure “the
meat that |icfi*he(h,” tailored nsxiilu
otndy to direct their fcllowinen to
seek that “incut that emlnreth to
cviwlasting life.* There pious, de
voted servant* of (toil could be seen
traversing bill ami dale—through
beat ami fold, snushiue and. ruin,
alike reganlle** of the winter'* Whst
sml the scorching ray* of the snoi-
MM>*% sun, w ith no reconqieniie save
; thi- cimartoMneaa of disdiarging
j tln-ir duty—to tell tlieir fellownien
I of Jcsu* ami sulvation, and to direct
tlie anxious, iiiquitjiig oonl to ‘Hhe
L-unli of Gotl that taketl. away the
*in of the world.*
The wants iff tlie churyli increasing
society ail'.awing in
inti-llectnal irajirove-
UBtil
strengthen her
the fruits of her
manifest to all
Many of her waste place*, in her
own aud the adjoining States, began
to be reclaimed, ami her hungry
starving children wore fed with the
“Bread af Life”
Encouraged by past success, and
animated by the prospect of
future, her course was onward atm.
She hail succeeded in eOUtbtiffi...
Already
her “school of tbe propheta.*
many iff the remlin-s of your column*, j
I haffili pen them.
This ehnreli w as organised in 1831, , vr „ r i, v
awl lor a time worshipped in a grave, j th,.
The loathsome worm which weave*
WcH, I am iu tin* Eternal City, i " W itmHf “ io * ,h ' " w "
foil midi 7Sfi years before the Wrth i U,n ‘ ,, ‘ fnH “ ,h * vhrxmdi. Into a
of our Kuviour, ami tho food dream*, fkiugof life awl beauty, ami, apataiffig
iff many yenre are lolly realised. iri'Ktml on which it crawled,
I hardly know where to begin to , ** H,, * 0,1 I*kited wings,
describe what I have seen in Rome.
final* on painted
final, a native iff tlie sky.
as chunla
a temporary stand having l*een; BK .„ t . ^ bring heard from
erected fiw the preacher to occupy. ex<fr} . , |imrt et : “Send us efficient
At first tin-re were but thirty mem to n* the bread of
betw, mont of whom have long sime ‘ ufr f an effort was at length marie
tlirel iu the faith, as we liojie. awl: to ratabliab a Theological Seminary
gtme from the chtirrh militant t® tlie fot (he |Mtij*tso of Hlncating pious
ehnreli triamphant. i young men for the work of tlu- gos-
Fnr alamt forty year* the peo|ile pel urinUtry. The Rev. John G.
worshipped in a small Uig house, 28i Kcliwartx, n youiig man of ardent
hy 30 fret, w ith gallery, but on nearly : piety, |K-rsevering real, and high
all Kucrn mental oecamons tliey were
literary qualifications, was R)qs>iiited
Ami from «VW t0 r,, *’ rt to the gruve. j to pix-oide over its iuteieffs. In tlie
Of txmrse, I have law n torn 1 «•» ** ™mb<ff Wtaffirtm* ! Ming .In- tpsl W areKtinmiliim* , IMnrt of Nmrb^rj no, for from
times in that grawlcat of nil ehriffisn rtM ‘ Hfritig in fo-r munwtks, ; comfortable Imihlmg m J" 1 " "f J <
Temples, “Kt. Peter'* Chnreh.* As r “^ p * grre n flehls, and flowers worship, the mcniL r* of the; commenced lus l.ifoirs; and thns
I enwsed the llncslioltl ami gim-d in " in ' ,h, l J »« I*** 1 »nd
of that
We have been jicnnttteil to pub-. wonder at the gramlcnr sad ntagnifi
lisli the following extract from nn
exceedingly interesting letter, re | nemeil
reived by a friend in this city, from j . .
a gentleman who has been engaged !
, ecnce spreml out before dm-, I expc-.
1 — tion of new thought*.
Surely these strong awl bcautifnl ,
bhsMU of new days awl the inspire
cmottim* dUHnilt to express,
ouly fluff to aav, In ths
» year lwick in»ukfog’« ! "°"1* **f » mret intelligent English | “ to hnt *'
,ow across the wafer. Tin-j lady, now traveling with us, that * ,,l '* , the raipty tomb eouflrma our
letter was written at Berlin, Prussia, “It comprehend* all beauty within |
'— ■— J it* wails.* ! ax njuxT nmm
I have attended tlw sen ice* there Kt. Htepbeii's Iwtheran church was
nearly every day hi this (Passant) j tke fortunate recipient of a besuHftd
wcql.. Tlie service* on Good Friday ' and costly Altai cloth for Easter. It
n few week* ago:
One of the most interesting place*
which I have yef visited is v\ itten-
berg, tlie JleeCit of Protestantism.
It is Impossible to deacrilie the emo-
chureh resolved to bwihl such a one. j ***" bid the first stone
garniture of bill* and wood*, the ! Tlwy carried the resolution intoefli-ct. 1 “school of the prophets."
- ‘ ' 1 ami on the 7th iuff.(May) weasaistetl Tin-Hyuotl of South Carolina w>w
in ihilinitiug a church house, 38 by ! Mt that her eberislieil object was
3C feet, built on the styh- of moilern j about to lie achieves!, aud luqieil, ere
arehitreture, and well finished. j long,Jo give a favorable response to
(hi Saturday, May the Jtb, the ovcr > r * 1L Il "L » ««• riwt
house, ea|iablc id comfortably seating i t,u ‘ 1*“" ,,f mimrtiiug was thrown
five hundred persons, was well nigh alM,ut ,K ' r "“W* 1 Through the ra
tions which agitntwl my boaow, as 11 WIW grand, and tlw singing (all
touched the soil of this ever mem.v ; mnl( . voicrtl) #, t | ic ( Mwt t ^ rrci
ruble spot. >\ ho that has one spark ■
of Immunity about him, can enter
that grand old pile tlie Schlottskirclie,
and not feel he stand* on holy
ground.
A* we reached the largo able door
of the Chuculi, we vividly recalled
that critical but gloriously triumph
ant moment in the Reformer's life,
where with his own hand he fear
lessly nailed thereon, the immortal
Kinety-Jire Theses, as tliey ate now
known in history. The door is no
longer there, the destructive spirit of
war lnm long since converted it into
ashes, bnt the These* live, and are
this day tlie corner stone of the
largest Christina Protestant ltudy ia
the world. Truth is mighty and
■will prevail. On tlie present massive
door is affixed a broad bronze tablet,
npon which iu letter* of enduring
metal are inscribed the Theses word
for wood. Iu front of the door on
the pavement is worked in Mosaic-
on a large scale, the seal of Luther.
Bnt let ns enter nml in dm- rever
ence, fot all that i« left «f the Re
former is bnt a few yard* from it.
As wo glance around the struc
ture, we notice thnt internally it 1*
as plain ns externally. The old
plastered walls sml pillars are neatly
whitewashed, and a heavy wooden
gallery runs around the two sides
and the rear walla. We ndvunoe
towards the chancel, and instinctively
_ . thCWpom
floor of the broad aisle. There, ouly
a few fret apart, are two oaken
covers, sqnare iu form, and secured
by lock and key. Tlie beadle rever
ently stoops and rnlff* tli'e oaken
measure* alamt six feet iu length,
three In liriglit. and two In depth,
beard. On Tlmrstlay tlie Pope was The material hi heavy maroon velvet,
carried in his c hair, under a most The over-ebith hangs iu three rapes,
gorgeous ennopy, all over the cfaareli. In the centre one Is a Ooflrie cross;
noil blessed the multitude, including the left, a Israeli of grapes; the right,
myself, lie is one of tlie handsomest some heads of wheat. These
and most imposing looking meu I
have ever seen. Ou the same clay
he nsceudcil to the bnldbny of tlie
chnreh sml biassed (he nasewbled
multitude in the square, some 13,000
or 20,000 person*.
I have also been in tlie Psutheon,
which woo owe a Pagan Temple,
tout, now a Christian chureii. It was
wrought In gold bullion, nml are iff
exquisite finish. The hiterinr of the
ctom hi photographed and pointed
liy one of the most eminent srt lata of
this city. Tlie head of our laird,
which occupies the centre, fat • heav
enly Ideal, anti is finely brought out.
The four ends of tho cross contain
filled.
A sermon appropriate to the oeen
*hm wo* (iTvscbeil by the writer of
this article, from Epb. H: 20. After
which, the house was solemnly ilrdi-
rateil to tlie service at the triune
God. ni-onrtlhtg to the form ia tbc
Book of Wondii|x
arrutnlile provideuee Sf ail all-wise
Gist, tlie metwenger, Death, enteitHl
the preritK-t* of herloveil iastitutlou,
mid laid his cold and withering band
upon him, to whom site looked os
the instrument of her future glory
sml pro«iicrity. Her prospects were
now blighted. Tlie (ihuit, which she
On Sunday, at nn cnrtv l.onr, ^ «M^Ujr fdante.1, ami whu-1,
house was entirely filled, ami the i *!’" » t«.derly to Hour-
wriur preached from St. Join, xx: i l*'*’ "'** the «**-
20 (last , lansr). Cimfinnatiou, Con-! “ft.*" **
and Absolution were then M mur * ^'dopment.
attended to by the jmstor loci, Rev.
J. Ckiuinger, and the Ixml'* Supiier
mluiinifferwl to about 130 cummtini
cants.
With oue or two cxct-|itionii, every
Yet, “thougti troubled on every
'side,* site*did not feel “dintreused”—
though “peridexotl," site was “not hi
despair”—though “in-raecuted," ahe
was “not forsaken.” Site was •‘cast
down, bat not destroyed." Bowing
submissively to tt»c hand that smote
built 27 years before tho birth of w j „u,.i<n ajimi wmconKintitt i,.. r i i u>r ,
Cbriat. IU external wall* and tin gte. The several part* of the doth chureh house iu which to meet and ’ .
imsiiiK cotnmtis are I dock with age. are itlso a.tortieil with gold fringe, worship. Home have beet, built fomented Srhwart* the
I liav# also descended into the Tlti. Altar cloth *«» wrought and siiiee the war, and some that were Dr tt—«- r , . _ , •
Catacomha and traverncxl, by the |we*cuted by a lady of thi. city, a commenced before Um war have been Ulthm in hoHla ...
light of caudk-s, the long passage member of Bt. John’s, sod who, from completed since. This speaks well ,ff Lexington
filled ou both side* with long hej what we have heard, receive* tlw- of Lutheranism iu Raff Tennessee, A .
lows, oucc arenpitsl by the foalios of nnsiiluion* thanks and MuslicUom. whieh we beHcve to be more pros ) l( . r -n,,. ,i a ,i, pi,,,,,!
£taUS£L ,,M *“ m "“ W 5T - Odnnad^tsm u
^ „ . hovered over her, and tlirentend to
On Roster Monday night I wit food fob THorawr. May God coutinue to he with us, bloat all her prospect*, now began to
uessed one of the grunt lest displnya At the late confinnat ion at Kt. •• ke has been ia flays past. May he he dissipated, am! at length yielded
of fire-works I ever belwld (In com- Clemetit’s (Episcopal) church, iu this »ot leave us nor forsake us, that we to the calm snushiue of itrospority.
inemoratlmi of the resurrection). city , the Bishop publicly announced may coaUuue to prosper, and that She began to see her hopes realhsctl.
In ajt, I have gazed upon and that two-tbirds of the Number were tk* Lutheran Church may soon bo- Many of her sons obeyed her call,
ffooil face to fans with the most Lutherans; and tt was announced in eotue not only the predominant and, after tlie prescribed course of
celebrated pieces of sculpture of M very cnmpfoceiff manner. Now the church, hut tlie only church in the thixrlogical trainiug, entered the field
aucicnt and modem times. I have qneffiou arises, (ror ~ '* * * * ** “ ' * " **“
seen statues known to me from boy
hood and trensnt-ed tlie world over.
,1 have seen the “I-mcoon Orottp,"
ritualiffic church,) have we too mnrli
ritualism or too much Methodism Iu
8t. Clement’s ia a country; for we believe it to be the of the gospel ministry,
tlie laitlirrmi Chnreh f As the former
moff relinblc ship on which to let
sail for tlie Haven of Rest.
J. C. B-
Thus, iu defiance of tlie utauy and
formidable barriers she was dcatiued
to encounter, did she lengthen tier
harvest field. Georgia, Alahe*,
Mississippi, Florida, Texas, and rr m
her oltler neffhlsir*, Virginia —|
North Carolins, had partaken of the
frails of her toil. Bat three »*,
something wanttog to compile her
plan of uacfii!ne«s amt to itnmre the
ultimate snecess of the enterpri*.
There being no regularly establish'd
Academy in connection with hre
Institutum—the standard of eoona
school 4*i oca tion, being of an inferior
order, and moff of her sons eoanug
from the bumble walks of life, and
from retired parts of the country
where they were deprived of the
means of obtaining that meets) -
trainiug so essential to the sueceasM
prosecution of their theological .tad-
U-*—ottr vencrehtc father, who pre
sided over the interests of her
Inffitminu, was forced to combine
tlie duties of a Grammar fo-fo-,)
Tem-her with those of a Theolugical
i’roft'ssor, mid many of his |*i|hU
were eomjs-lleil, by tlw force of
circumstarKxn, to enter u|sm tlw
study of theology with only s partial
acquaintance with even the element
ary branclicM of etlnratma.
Tliese foct* cadled loutlly for s
remedy, until at length kind Rrovi
drniv came to her relief. A venera
ble father of tile laity, known to all
the ehnntlies for his anient i«iety,
untiring zeal and Christian lienevu
lt-ttce, offend hi* assiff.inee, and
pro)awed to make a donation of
# 1,000 to her treasury, providrd the
etinreh would raise an equal amount,
for the entabli*liiuent of a classical
school of high character in connec
tion w ith the Theological Seminary.
Thi* was effected, and language foils
to express tlw joy that, wa* experi
enced nn thnt interesting occasion.
Bnt ln-r work was not yet com
pleted. t’nosing over a few year*
succeeding this event, front some
cause, known, only to Him from
whom nothing ran 1* hid, not with
standing tier efforts to advance the
interests of her loved Institution, a
tlsrk cloud again hovered over law
pnmpeets. Her venerable I’rofossor
having snnk into the arms iff death—
full of yeans fall iff honors, wboac
virtue* an- emtutlmed in the uietnorr'
of all wlto knew him, ami whose
talents ami |tions tatmrs will ever be
Mil in grateful rene-nilu-aiMC hr st!
his |tnptl*—another took hi* place;
and iintwith‘t.i tiding his patient,
pious jieruevernm-e, the inatitutioa
(untiuurtl tu languish. It i«riv«l
not the ]iatronag«‘ whieh its increased
eaiweify fur usefiilncss seemed to
demand. A thaugc wa* thought
necessary } ami, after prayerful ile-
lilieration, it w«* determineil to es-
t.ihlish a College in connection with
tho Tlieologii-al Seminary, and efleet
its relhoval to a location more fevff
abk- to ita growth and usefrilnes*.
Tlie town iff NewbetTy was selected.
A caimciiMts ImHding was erected.
The IViffeasors' chairs were filled
with men eminently qatdifinl to ad
vance tlie interests of the Institution
in it* new amt enlarged capacity,
and nnr hearts were filled w ith joy
at the future pixaqiect* of our Atom
Mater.
But, alas! a cruel aud sanguinary
war broke in upon us. Our CoHeg”
became iM-cnniarily involved. Her
students were called to the battle
Bold in defence of their cotmtry’s
right*. An error in tlie construction
of the bailding cnusetl a part of it to
give way. Tlie Seminary ftrads *i(-
feretl s heavy depreciation, ami under
these try ing circumstances our Alma
Mater was removed to AYaltiaHa,
w here site is now struggling for K#*-
Meauwliile, the Thinlogietd Depart-
incut of Newberry College was trsff
ferreil to the General Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church ia
North America.
Thu* far that venerable body has
not decided lqion its locality s |K ^
IH-nnaiieut organization; and A*
question is now raised, “Shall we
have a Theological Seminary t* "1*
a Theological Seminary nerekd f
“AVlicre are the fruids to come fro»F
Let nil who are dnqiused to
such questions, read the foregt««5
brief sketch of the history of New
berry ('•ollcge, and tliey will fil’d au
anewer to each of them. Had th*
Synod of South Carolina firttofrd
under the many and apparently he
sunuountable obstacles that lay ia
her way, what would have bees the
resnlt, In reference to oor chanh
in the Southern nutl Sonth-wostcm
Eta tea I Already has much valuable
ground been lost, notwithstanding
the zeal and perseverance she ex
ercised. The members of our church
arc removing, year by year, to a**-
tlona where the name of I-other i*
ncano.1 know
•iepriveil of n-
forced ui s
are
i nations.
\V
own
,«• *«
-Bread of 1.
loudly for th
Alma Mater
Carolina’ atm
alone, oould
an Institntion
before 1 i
was
wrought ita
ease cn
InffUut
more
that
tlie
resjoumil
XtUOLE OSSK
_ 7 1 t
otaerermJ lW*t
Brethren, I
work
toils,
fathers
mantle
sous.
with a fl
and care
be for
Of the
Let th
aud seJfden
tlieir deoil*-
call u|M>n the
Institution to
tier, the
u
Inn;
-i If I forget tl
right hond forr
. 1L 4
not remember 1 ■■
to the roof of p
not Jet nanlem
The C
Is it irecessi
the approach
Gcuentl Kyms
been written a
ful and prai-ti
given u* sev
important ttrt
It is sot for
anything add
what he has
is written.
The subject
iiiary w ill oci i_
it be effablislu
eratibn. If tli
■ ativtdy, then
to Is- ilcterrniiM
the instructor
located f trad
for tttix-(iiig Gi
If in tl»e prey
Kyu«al a Keuii
will jiretKtn- a
west if hi* *
him. In tho.
tabling to rh
lead the way.
nut how can tt
«lo the inten t
demand it f
Too much
clnm-li is nml
meat. Ottr i
attrilmte tin- n
ratiter than tt
jwrt. In our j«
imlicateal abovi
k-ss we tarn oil
apprunnhing tt
ill other secti
have we that
will seek m*tn
of our Synod '
expect them ti
cats as caudle
bilitk-s of tlie f
to patronize :
can not ltoju ■
COlHJN-ttrioll 1
North njioti
Synodical pi-,
Mn made pla
tones of I’hil
burg. Young
the advantage!
comuderations
location and 1
imiiortaucc; y<
tor, we will an
I-«t the comb
representative!
fully ohsi-rvc it
It ia not in
the precise cc
for the foesuio.
it should not Ik
of Phibtdelpln
3'^t too noar
fklds of the s.
«ur mhlst, an
where it migi
young men fr
txHintry, with
health.
B«t a Tbenli
the only, or in
for consklcrst
S'Hod. Nearl-
«f home missio!
watcl^a for t
'’Lurch can bo
tan< * of this ip
“"By, ffiipubiv
If aril
sati «M could 1
huiiicr years,
***> 5 but thes
w a«to places, 11
aiHind us. \\
nloim by fuith,
work.
-kn iucreuseil
<81 <*o the port
of the i
""ytog to the c
send me.” e,
ln **» and he k
fnmirii the men
The waste pi
hial v.'e must g<
c
h